The starting point of the True Self
"Tiger Feather's ship has landed near the shore. Zhang Huang has already gone there hoping for a chance encounter. We should set off too!"
Demon Lord Hu Yu began his ascent into the Thousand Islands Alliance, and Zhang Xuezhou and his group also prepared to set off.
They practiced for several days, and their results varied greatly.
Zhang Xuezhou practiced the Innate Qi Technique and made some progress in his cultivation.
Zhang Manqian, on the other hand, practices the Wind Avoidance Instruction, which allows her to grasp the Wind and Thunder Blade for three to five seconds without getting hurt, and then strike her opponent by constantly switching the grip time.
Ren Anran's cultivation achievements surprised Zhang Xuezhou somewhat.
He watched as Ren Anran's Yang Soul twisted and changed at will, feeling as if Ren Anran's Yang Soul had transformed into clay, which could be molded into various shapes.
Zhang Xuezhou had a miraculous encounter in the Three Realms, but he only transformed into a four-legged dragon. This ability had no special use other than impersonating a dragon.
The dragons of the Three Realms reside in waters and seas year-round and rarely interfere in matters large and small within the Three Realms, which limits the usefulness of Zhang Xuezhou's abilities.
However, this doesn't mean that such an ability is useless. If one could fabricate a Yang Soul Body at will like Ren Anran, Zhang Xuezhou could already think of all sorts of ingenious uses to create conflict.
If Ren Anran had seen Demon Lord Tiger Feather, Zhang Xuezhou felt that Ren Anran could easily create a replica of Demon Lord Tiger Feather's form.
"I wish I had that ability back then!"
Yi Shuo was assigned to the B13 Research Institute, while Zhang Xuezhou and others traveled by aircraft at low altitude.
The black gusts currently swirling in the sky have caused dozens of Airbus planes to crash, forcing large passenger aircraft to be suspended from use. Low-altitude aircraft have become the preferred mode of air transportation for travel.
The aircraft has a flight range of about two thousand miles, and the battery pack needs to be replaced twice before it reaches the Thousand Islands Alliance.
Similar to building a pontoon bridge, two ships are positioned like bridge piers in the strait between the two countries to complete the battery replacement.
Zhang Xuezhou and others were not the first group to travel in this way; many Sequence Holder had already used this mode of flight to travel to or from their home countries.
He sat in the slightly cramped seat, marveling at Ren Anran's constantly adjusting Yang Po body.
"Having it now wouldn't be a bad thing!"
Ren Anran smiled and looked at Zhang Xuezhou. The Yang Po bodies on the seat quickly changed to reveal Zhang Xuezhou's face, and then all of them leaned closer to Zhang Xuezhou, creating a moment of unease in the aircraft.
Just as Zhang Xuezhou had imagined, Ren Anran's behavior pattern was almost identical.
While the ability to imitate such transformations is impossible, the resemblance in appearance and temperament is almost perfect, allowing for easy deception and thus having a significant impact.
If we add Ren Anran's Yang Soul Body's fearlessness of death to this, then the more twisted Zhang Xuezhou's thoughts are, the more twisted Ren Anran's thoughts will be.
When he transformed again, Ren Anran's Yang Soul Body had already manifested the characteristics of Hu Hao, and a head rapidly expanded until it filled the space in the aircraft before transforming and retracting.
Ren Anran didn't practice many Technique Method, but Ren Anran was undoubtedly very skilled in using the Yang Soul Incarnation Technique. Zhang Xuezhou wasn't sure if Hongjun and the others could achieve that level, but he couldn't possibly achieve that effect at the moment.
"If Tiger Feather really manages to conjure up Demon Stone Mountain and Spirit Stone Mountain, I'll transform into your likeness to delay him. You can try it more often; it'll give you more confidence in future battles!"
"Um!"
"My entry into the True Self Realm that day was a natural and spontaneous fusion, not something I forced. When your time comes, you can relax your mind and body. You don't need to have a special purpose in seeking to enter the Realm of True Self; on the contrary, you will have a higher probability of progressing!"
Ren Anran experienced a sudden enlightenment and saw her True Self. All her previous shackles vanished like smoke. Her path to her True Self was very similar to Zhang Xuezhou's in the Three Realms. The difference was that Zhang Xuezhou was held back by the King of Huainan when he entered the True Self Realm, while Ren Anran returned to her Yang Soul body, thus enduring the overlapping impact of a large amount of knowledge and memories in a short period of time, and also achieved a similar improvement.
She believes that the Yin-Yang School's attempt to force integration in order to reach True Self is unattainable and Lower Vehicle. Only when the body instinctively seeks upward mobility can optimal integration and adaptability be achieved.
After reaching the True Self Realm, Ren Anran felt that her cultivation had not yet reached its end.
She became a closed-loop microcosm, but her Yang Soul Body was not like that, and the Yang Soul Body possessed infinite possibilities.
The changes in form are just the foundation; she believes that the Yang Soul Body, like spiritual power, has no upper limit in cultivation.
Their limits are confined to their physical bodies, but their spirit and the externally constructed Yang Soul Body can grow infinitely.
"After entering the True Self Realm, I feel like this is a new starting point. Perhaps in addition to the initial three realms, the intermediate three realms, and the final three realms, there will be even more realms in the future!"
"That must mean he has attained sainthood!"
Ren Anran presented his idea, Zhang Xuezhou laughed heartily before suddenly snapping back to reality.
The ascension of Hongjun and others to godhood and sainthood does not seem to be the end. If a cultivator reaches the limit, he should have a mindset of being free from desires and wants. However, both Houtu and Hongjun fought fiercely for their interests.
This means that both sides are likely still expanding their own capabilities, and their mutual needs have led to conflict and competition.
He was somewhat slow to realize this, and even began to think that Ren Anran's idea belonged to the pursuit of top-level cultivators in higher-dimensional worlds.
"Zhang Huang has made contact with Hu Yu; he has made contact with Hu Yu!"
As the group moved through the second marine platform where batteries were being replaced, Zhang Xuezhou heard Li Yingbo's voice coming through the headset connected to the communicator.
With the monitoring device they carried, everything Zhang Huang and Hu Yu came into contact with would be transmitted back to the monitoring center in real time.
Li Yingbo made the notification and then quickly connected Zhang Xuezhou's communicator.
"You are Huang? How did you get this body?"
The moment the call connected, Hu Yu's voice came through.
Tiger Feather's voice was stern and scrutinizing, completely lacking the gentleness and patience that Wilderness had mentioned.
Zhang Xuezhou had to admit that Huang's early years were heavily influenced by his past experiences and the environment he was in was extremely harsh, which is why he had such boundless admiration and respect for Hu Yu.
It's hard to describe Hu Yu as a cultivator in terms of good or bad. He's an extreme pragmatist. He won't hesitate to do anything that benefits Hu Yu, but if anyone blocks his path, he'll be killed instantly. There's no communication involved, and it's hard for him to have any idea of getting along for mutual benefit.
This is not Zhang Xuezhou's subjective conjecture, but rather Hu Yu's growth experience. It has also been recounted by Old Devil such as Seven Spiders Nia and Xixu Mi, which allows us to make judgments about his psychology and behavior.
As long as Zhang Huang can present something favorable to Hu Yu, Hu Yu's attitude will inevitably become amiable, and he might even treat Zhang Huang like family.
The stern questioning only lasted a couple of sentences, and as Zhang Huang mentioned the purpose of his visit, Demon Lord Hu Yu's attitude indeed softened.
Compared to the Demon Lord Hu Yu searching everywhere, achieving the goal with Zhang Huang's help would be much simpler.